The first big event of the new snooker season gets underway on Sunday with the big-money International Championship attracting most of the household names in the sport.
World champion Judd Trump will be taking to the baize for the first time since lifting the title at the Crucible, with the likes of Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, John Higgins and Mark Williams all competing as well.
There is a whopping £175,000 on the line for the winner in Daqing, which is why all but Ronnie O’Sullivan have come to compete in this one.
2019 International Championship dates and times
The tournament runs from 4-11 August at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, China.
Session times begin at 2.30am, 7.30am and 12.30pm UK time with Daqing seven hours ahead of British Summer Time.
What TV channel is the International Championship on and is there a live stream?
Eurosport is showing the tournament live with subscribers able to stream the event on Eurosport Player.
International Championship schedule
Sunday 4 August (UK times)
All first round except (q) are held over qualifying contest.
02:30 Mark Allen v Peter Lines (q)
02:30 Sam Craigie v Pang Junxu (q)
02:30 Sunny Akani v Li Yingdong (q)
02:30 Anthony McGill v Zhao Jianbo (q)
02:30 Mark Davis v Matthew Selt
02:30 Elliot Slessor v Louis Heathcote
02:30 Graeme Dott v Michael White
02:30 Nigel Bond v Neil Robertson
07:30 Yan Bingtao v Alfie Burden (q)
07:30 Judd Trump v Jordan Brown (q)
07:30 Ali Carter v Alan McManus
07:30 Ryan Day v Kurt Maflin
07:30 Daniel Wells v Barry Hawkins
07:30 Stuart Bingham v Mark Joyce
07:30 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Ricky Walden
07:30 Zhou Yuelong v Robert Milkins
12:30 Ding Junhui v Simon Lichtenberg (q)
12:30 John Higgins v Wu Yize (q)
12:30 Gary Wilson v Peter Ebdon
12:30 Ken Doherty v David Gilbert
12:30 Jimmy Robertson v Matthew Stevens
12:30 Chris Wakelin v Joe Perry
12:30 Stuart Carrington v Stephen Maguire
12:30 Scott Donaldson v Martin Gould
Monday 5 August (UK times)
07.30 Allen/Lines v Craigie/Junxu
07.30 Ashley Carty v Xiao Guodong
07.30 Chang Bingyu v Bingtao/Burden
07.30 Yuan SiJun v Shaun Murphy
07.30 Mark Williams v Jak Jones
07.30 Ben Woollaston v Mark King
07.30 Liam Highfield v Mark Selby
07.30 Tom Ford v Hossein Vafaei
12:30 Zhao Xintong v Junhui/Lichtenberg
12:30 Liang Wenbo v Duane Jones
12:30 Higgins/Yize v David Grace
12:30 Luca Brecel v Akani/Yingdong
12:30 Michael Holt v McGill/Jianbo
12:30 Kyren Wilson v Robbie Williams
12:30 Jack Lisowski v Andrew Higginson
12:30 Zhang Anda v Trump/Brown
What is the prize money?
Winner: £175,000
Runner-up: £75,000
Semi-final: £32,000
Quarter-final: £21,500
Last 16: £13,500
Last 32: £8,500
Last 64: £4,750
Highest break: £6,000
International Championship odds
4/1 Judd Trump
5/1 Neil Robertson
13/2 Mark Selby
8/1 John Higgins
11/1 Mark Allen
11/1 Mark Williams
12/1 Kyren Wilson
16/1 Barry Hawkins
16/1 Ding Junhui
17/1 Stuart Bingham
25/1 Jack Lisowski
25/1 David Gilbert
30/1 Shaun Murphy
30/1 Allister Carter
40/1 Ryan Day
40/1 Luca Brecel
50/1 Stephen Maguire
70/1 Yan Bingtao
70/1 Gary Wilson
70/1 Joe Perry
80/1 Zhou Yuelong
100/1 Liang Wenbo
Odds courtesy of Betfair
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